Button.



No. s3|,5a|. 4 Patented Aug. 22,1899.

c. BADCLIFFE.

BUTTON.

(Application filed Oct. 10, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES RADCLIFFE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,581, dated August22, 1899.

Application filed October 10, 1898. Serial No. 693.092. (No model.)

citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essexand State of New 1 Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Buttons; and I do here by declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My present invention relates to improvements in that class of buttonswhich are to be attached to a garment without the use of thread and aneedle, and has reference more particularly to a novel construction offace-plate or upper shell and a shoe or backplate which is provided witha pointed post adapted to be forced through the solid orslightly-punctured hub of the shell or faceplate, said post having itsupper portion bent over in the manner of an inverted letter U 1 on oneside of the slit formed in the hub by the post when it is forced throughthe metal to produce the completed button and causing the latter to lieclosely against the fabric of the garment and to be firmly held initsoperative position thereon.

The principal object of my present invention is to simplify the generalconstruction of the button, to cheapen the cost of manufacture of theparts, and to more readily enable the assembling of such parts with aview of of the completed button, the post connected with the shoe beingrepresented in its operative position when secured against the innersurface of the hub of the face-plate or upper shell of the button. Fig.4 is a vertical section of the several parts of the button, the pointedpost on the back-plate being represented in position about to puncturethe base or curved portion of the hub of the button, said section beingtaken on line 00 in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a like view of the said pointedpost forced entirely through the hub. Fig. 6 is a top view of said hubbefore it is piercedby the post connected with the shoe of the button.Fig.7 is a side view of the shoe and its post. Fig.8 is a verticalsection of,the same, taken on line y in said Fig. 7; and Fig. 9 is aplan view of saidshoe of post. Fig. 10 is a cross-section of the uppershell, illustrating more particularly an arrangement of ribs formedadjacent to the long sides of the slit made by the insertion of the poston the backplate through the hub during the assembling of the severalparts which make up the button construction.

Similar letters of reference are employed in all of the above-d escribedviews to indicate corresponding parts.

In said drawings, A indicates the button, which is composed of asuitable face-plate or upper shell a, provided with a centralperforation or hole a and which is secured in the usual manner to theupper edge of the hub I). Said hub is usually provided with acentrally-arranged hole or perforation b in the curved portion 1), asclearly illustrated in the several figures of the drawings, so that itcan be easily punctured by the pointed portion of the flat post 0 on theshoe 0, as will be fully set forth. Integral with the said shoe orback-plate c, or separate therefrom, if desired, is formed or struck upthereon the said flat post 0', which has the slightly upwardly taperingedges 0 and the pointed part 0 substantially as illustrated. In order tosecure the hereinabove-described parts of the button directly to thefabric, said pointed post is pushed through the fabric and then forcedthrough the curved part b of the hub to form its own slot in said hub,at the same time rovidin a air of inwardl extendin ribs p a z.-

will project above the edges of the said ribs IF. A bending-over tool isnow inserted in the hole or perforation a of the face-plate a, the lowersurface of the tool being properly curved, so that when it comes incontact with the upper and pointed portion of the post said portion ofthe post will be bent over the edge of one of the said ribs and downalong the outer side of said rib, whereby the said upper portion of thepost a and the said rib of the hub 11 are firmly connected to producethe completed button A, the parts of which, as will be evident, havethus been readily secured together in their proper positions uponopposite sides of the cloth, as illustrated in the several figures ofthe drawings.

In my previous Letters Patent, No. 520,897,

' granted June 5, 189%, I have found in many strain produced by themachinery upon said tool was greater than necessary the free end of saidpost would often be broken ofl, and thereby render the completeoperation of assembling the parts useless. Furthermore, in someinstances, owing to the varying thickness of the metal, the post whenmade as in said Patent No. 520,807 cannot be securely fastened to thehub of the button, and the parts will either become separated with useor they will rattle. In the present construction of providing thepointed end of the post with a bent part, no matter whether the metaldoes vary in thickness, the end portion of the post can always be bentoversulliciently to be securely clamped down over one of the ribs in thebottom of the hub of the button.

From the above it will be seen I have devised a construct-ion of buttonthe parts of which can be quickly assembled and arranged in theirholding position on fabrics of different thicknesses, without that theparts of the button are loosely secured thereon, which is an objeetionalfeature, as it produces rattling of the parts and sometimes causes theshoe or back-plate to be pulled entirely through the material,especially when the button is attached to a very thin piece of cloth.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim is 1. As a new articleof manufacture, a button, comprising a face-plate or upper shell, and ahub connected therewith, provided in its bottom with a rectangular slot,a shoe or back-plate, a flat and pointed post on said shoe orback-plate, arranged in said rectangular slot in said hub to preventlateral movement of said hub 011 said post, and a downwardly-extendingend portion to said post bent to form a n-shaped upper portion on saidpost, having its free end bearing against one side of said slot in thehub and upon the base of said hub, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture,-a button, comprising a face-plate orupper shell, and a hub connected therewith having in its bottom arectangular slot or opening, and ribs 2) contiguous to said slot, a shoeor backplate and a flat and pointed post thereon, said post extendinginto and through the slot in said hub, and said ribs b embracing theflat sides of said post, anda n-shap'ed upper portion on said flat postextending on opposite sides of one of said ribs 1), substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 5th day of October, 1898.

CHARLES RADOLIFFE.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, XVALTER II. TALMAGE.

